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Here is the youtube video from NEWT, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvIiXqukFuA. Here is the Facebook post where I pose a few questions… Recycling/treating oil & gas wastewater/brine using solar panels begs yet another question… “Why do they need the energy from solar panels when … Continue reading →

UPDATE Sierra Club filed lawsuit today on 2/16/2016… Here is the link to the official notice. Chesapeake, Devon, Sandridge, & New Dominion LLC were named as Defendants, the Plaintiffs R threatening to bring a class action lawsuit after 90 … Continue reading →

Here is the Energy Resources meeting of May 4, 2015 -topics include testimony of frackquakes (SMU, Mayor of Irving), Kern County TEXAS issues with injection wells and emergency response constraints, and the rubber stamping of injection wells where a known … Continue reading →

And there you have it…another close call. This one dated 11/20/2014 (estimated distance from railroad tracks… 1,000 feet). The winds change direction tonight…hope no sparks rekindle…..ya’ll! Read here for a Texas Tribune report on injection wells…. “Here and at other sites with big … Continue reading →

Here in Ft Worth next to the Chesapeake office, they have their very own Arc Park Brentwood Compressor Station…so glad to know they put their employees that close…small justice.. UPDATE for Bubba’s vids for Salter Water Handling 101… Bubba #1 … Continue reading →

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10 steps to Safer Drilling

I live at ground zero for urban drilling.
We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX.

Our state and local governement will not enforce these two laws....
1) TEX LG. CODE ANN. A§ 253.005 : Texas Statutes – Section 253.005: LEASE OF OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LAND
“(c) A well may not be drilled in the thickly settled part of the municipality..”

No person shall discharge from any source whatsoever one or more
air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and
of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious to or to adversely
affect human health or welfare, animal life, vegetation, or property, or
as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation, or property.
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We had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago. We also have about 100 drilling laterals under our lake that are at migration risk for seismic events and or cement failures.

We have had maybe a dozen gas release emission events over the last few years that I am aware of.

The following are the items lacking in our URBAN oil and gas drilling ordinance….................

1. Use electric rigs & and use nondiesel compressors and fracking and lift compressors and compressor stations (but do not use field DIRTY GAS). Blowdowns of compressors whose excess goes to the storage tanks should have Vapor Recovery Systems rather than venting.

8. The setback away from people should be substantial. Rural method drilling is not acceptable in urban areas. An environmental tester who has a Phd said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 – 2,500 feet. Local and state gov. need to test for methane leaks with FLIR cameras.

Lets elect officials that will ensure a protective Oil & Gas Drilling oversight. This is in our “collective” power so we must all become active to be proactive because reactive measures are too costly.